Spotted: How to Stain Wood with Kool-Aid
Wood stains are expensive and pretty toxic Check out how to stain wood using Kool-Aid instead!
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15 Cocktail Recipes to Make from Scratch
Ditch the mix and get creative at your next cocktail party! Here are some cocktail recipes that you can craft from scratch.
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25 Eco-Friendly Fourth of July Crafts!
The Fourth of July is right around the corner! What eco-friendly crafts will you make this year? Here are 25 awesome Fourth of July crafts to get you inspired!
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Instructables Book Review: How to Fix Absolutely Anything
You guys know that I love anything that encourages repair over replacing, so when I saw this review of the new Instructables book on home repair, I knew I had to share it here!
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Fourth of July Crafts: Recycled Paper Plant Flag
Searching for Fourth of July crafts that are simple but oh-so-adorable? We have the perfect project for you — a recycled paper plant flag!
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Spotted: Patriotic Button Art!
It’s simple to create this DIY patriotic button art project from our sister site, Feel Good Style!
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Iced Tea Vodka DIY
Let’s get crafty in the kitch! This iced tea vodka is all natural, and you can control how sweet or unsweet it is.
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Spotted: DIY Beehive in a Mason Jar
Want to invite pollinators to your garden? Try this awesome DIY beehive made with mason jars!
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Pajamas from a Vintage Sheet: The Dr. Seuss Project
Vintage sheets are my favorite fabric to sew. You can get them on the cheap, they’re super soft after having been washed a billion times, and the novelty prints immediately whisk me back to my own childhood and all the pop culture stuff that I was into that’s still really cool now (says I!).
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30 Free Clothing Patterns and Tutorials for Big Kids
Big kids can be harder to sew for.
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15 DIY Decor Projects for Zero VOC House Paint
For a lot of DIY decor projects, a few coats of plain old house paint are all you need to turn a found or thrifted piece into something special.
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Summer Crafts: DIY Canning Lid Wind Chime
Celebrate summer with awesome summer crafts like this DIY canning lid wind chime!
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40 Awesome Summer Crafts for Kids!
School is out and it’s time to find summer crafts for kids! Here are 40 incredible kids crafts and activities to keep your kids entertained and engaged!
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Terrarium DIY: Turn an Old Soda Bottle into a Miniature Rainforest!
This awesome, upcycled twist on the classic terrarium DIY is a miniature rainforest in a bottle!
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Olympic Paint Review: Zero VOC Paint + Primer
Olympic Paint makes a zero-VOC self-priming paint, but how does it stack up? Check out our review!
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Spotted: Scrap Fabric Teepee from Twig and Toadstool
If you’d like a lovely outdoor space to relax in, or to let your kids play in, all summer and beyond, check out this scrap fabric teepee from Twig and Toadstool.
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Spotted: Recycled Chalkboard DIY Toys
Turn bottles and canisters from your recycle bin into DIY toys for your children!
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Spotted: Old Deck Chair Repaired in Style
Are you getting your backyard cookout-ready? Instead of buying new furniture, check out how Rachel Denbow from A Beautiful Mess turned an old deck chair into a statement piece.
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15 DIY Packed Lunch Storage Solutions
It’s definitely worthwhile to spend the money on a few high-quality packed lunch supplies (my Klean Kanteen is practically an extension of my hand), but you’ll be surprised at how many packed lunch storage solutions you can craft for yourself from eco-friendly supplies, whether they be natural or upcycled.
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DIY Re-usable Lunch Bags from Makery, by Kate Smith
I don’t know where our lunch bags go. Do you?
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Is Cassette Tape Knitting Safe?
We got a great reader question about cassette tape knitting that I’ve been researching. Let’s take a look at how safe it is to craft with the tape part of old cassettes.
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DIY Father’s Day Gift Ideas: Make a Recycled Card
Are you hunting for Father’s Day gift ideas? Make your dad a handmade card with sheet music and magazine pages!
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30 DIY Father’s Day Gift Ideas!
Make your dad a gift he will remember and cherish for years to come! Here are 30 incredible DIY Father’s Day gift ideas to get you inspired!
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Chicago Potholes Are a Work of Art
Chicago artist Jim Bachor is turning Chicago potholes into art one mosaic at a time.
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Spotted: Summer Pajamas from The Mother Huddle
Does flame retardant bother you, too? If so, what do you do about your kids’ pajamas?
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How to Break Down Jeans for Crafting and Storage
There are a lot of uses for old blue jeans, but rarely for every single part of the jean. If you know what you like to make (quilts for me, purses and skirts for you, perhaps?), then you’ll find that you can make your old blue jean storage much more neat and efficient, as well as space saving, by cutting the jeans up very carefully, just so, and storing them in their parts.
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Digital Design for Green Crafting: Dassault Systems
The techy, geeky part of me has long also been interested in how technology can help us out with removing stuff from the waste stream–there are only so many scrap fabric patchwork quilts that one human can make in her lifetime, you know?
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Broken Coffee Mug Planters (and How to Propagate Rosemary)
Store-bought plastic plant pots offend me for some reason.
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Finding Green Craft Supplies When You Need to Buy New
Need to find green craft supplies? This is a list of eco-alternatives to many common conventional craft supplies.
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Turn Your Vintage Camera into a Piece of Art!
Transform your vintage camera into an awesome piece of art for your bookshelf or table!
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10 Incredible Ways To Upcycle a Vintage Camera
There are so many incredible ways to upcycle a broken vintage camera! Here are 10 DIY projects that will blow you away!
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Green Guilt: That time I got confused and didn’t buy water-based spray paint.
We all get misled or confused sometimes when we’re buying craft supplies. When that happens, it’s easy to give in to green guilt and kick yourself. This is the story of the time that I tried to buy some Krylon H2O to review and accidentally bought plain old stinky spray paint.
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Upcycle Old Sports Gear: 35 Projects from Used Athletic Equipment
Instead of tossing your used sports equipment, keep it useful by turning into one of these creations.
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Spotted: Mason Jar Candle Holders
How sweet are these boho chic mason jar candle holders? The secret to these beauties is in the stencils.
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Kid Craft: Tennis Racket Butterfly Net
Instead of tossing that racket with the broken strings, or making your kid continue to play with a bad racket, buy your kid a new tennis racket that they PROMISE to treat right and let them use the old one to make themselves a butterfly net.
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